Have Cool, Will Travel is a song by Megadeth which appears on their Cryptic Writings. The track starts off with a sample of some blues song in the left channel along with a children’s song coming through the right channel, certainly an interesting way to start for Megadeth. However, …

Overview —“ Nothing Else Matters, another music video released by Metallica in support of The Black Album, takes the viewer inside to get a look at the recording of the song and of The Black Album. This is just my opinion, but the order that Metallica was releasing music …

Out of all the songs in Taylor Swift’s new album Speak Now, this song… Sparks Fly is one of my favorites. It’s just absolutly incredible, its a love story like no other, just playing in your ears. When I hear this song I just go through story after story …

It started with the guitarist’s medley and drums which is giving each other a way to put the melody all together. It was another favorite song of mine by Hillsongs Australia and Mighty To Save was sung by Reuben Morgan.
I like the way Reuben sings the song because it …

Chris Norman may not exactly be a household name these days, but let me assure you that no matter who you are there is a good chance that you have heard at least one or two of his songs in your life. The main one would be LIVING NEXT …

I am not a fan of Elton John. This doesn’t mean that I don’t acknowledge he’s a very talented singer because he is. I certainly have sung along to numerous hits of his over the years. He’s just a little too over the top for me, …

Overview —“ Hero Of The Day, the second music video released by Metallica for the album Load, continues in the sort of strange symbolism that the band first introduced with Until It Sleeps. I don’t mean to come off as sounding as if symbolism is bad in music videos, …

R. Kelly ft. Usher
“Same Girl”
Double Up
Jive Records
“Same Girl” is a rather refreshing breath of air in R. Kelly’s chronology of singles and music videos. Big time. This music video is of “Dow Low (Nobody Has to Know)” and “Trapped in the Closet” caliber. “Same Girl” is the second single …

What Is And What Should Never Be is a song by Led Zeppelin which appears on their second record, Led Zeppelin II. The song starts off with Plant singing briefly before any of the instruments come in and then you gradually hear the instruments enter into the song quite …

Holier Than Thou, the third song off The Black Album, is certainly much more aggressive than the previous two tracks of Sad But True and Enter Sandman. Although the aggression and speed of Holier Than Thou doesn’t match the first four records, it’s probably one of the more aggressive …

Something I Can Never Have is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their debut record, Pretty Hate Machine. Something I Can Never Have opens up with a pretty eerie atmosphere, as with many of the songs that Nine Inch Nails has done, with Reznor playing multiple …

The Gift by Garth Brooks is kind of an odd song for him in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong it’s a very beautiful song but it has a certain Spanish flavor and tone to the song. That is something I would not have expected to hear in …

Solitude Is Bliss is a song by Tame Impala which appears on their debut record, Innerspeaker. The track opens up with a guitar intro which has an effect on it which gives it a psychedelic tone that works nicely with Tame Impala’s overall sound. The vocals come in after …

The Gnome, a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their first record, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, is another song on that album which I would basically describe as just being a very upbeat sounding song in tone and basically filled with lyrics full of nonsense, …

Essentially, Pat Boone’s Gold Label CD is a sampler of multiple artists and songs that are available through his website. This group of performances represents various styles of music, so it makes for 35-40 minutes of music appreciation. There are even a couple of instrumental hits on …

Uno is a song by Muse which appears on their debut record, Showbiz. The song opens up with some guitar feedback which gradually fades into the track before starting the opening riff of the track which has quite an aggressive and heavy sound to it. A lead guitar along …

I am one of the later generation of Aerosmith fans. In fact, when I was about 11 or 12 I had thought of them as my all time favorite band. At the time I did not think anyone was more amazing than their lead singer Stephen Tyler or their …

Overview —“ Broken, Beat, and Scarred, the third music video released by Metallica for their latest album, Death Magnetic, is a music video that is made up completely of live clips from concerts Metallica played throughout 2008 and 2009 on the World Magnetic Tour. After two pretty poor videos …

One of Spice Girls song that I love as well would be Viva Forever. It has a certain Italian and Spanish-like sounding quality and Viva Forever by Spice Girls will always be on my mind whenever I have memories of the Spice Girls’ brand of music and wanting to …

This CD has a great sound to it, definitely worthy of a review for epinions. If you don’t have this one, you need it!
Tal Bachman’s self titled CD includes the mega hit She’s So High, the one we all know and love. This CD was released in 1999 …

Artist: Beyonce ft. Shakira
Video: “Beautiful Liar”
Album: B-Day
Label: Columbia
Director: Jake Nava
I would love to see the director’s cut of this music video where Beyonce and Shakira do the things that we are not supposed to see with our public virgin eyes. “Beautiful Liar” is the fifth single and music video …

Overview —“ Hangar 18, another of the most well known songs in Megadeth’s entire catalogue is yet another song where Friedman and Mustaine prove why they work so well together. Besides all of the excellent guitar riffs and solos to this song, the lyrical content is actually quite interesting …

I am a hip hop artist who used to sing secular hip hop. I used to sing about the type of life I lived, which was a life of partying, sex, relentless pursuit of fast money, anger, pride and any other sinful thing you could think about. Until I …

“Man in the Box” is the song that garnered Alice in Chains attention in the early 90’s. The song was released on their 1990 album “Facelift” but was released as a single in 1991. Alice in Chains without a doubt is considered the heaviest band out of the Big …

Static Age- a record recorded in 1978 using free studio time acquired from a lawsuit involving Blank Records. During this free studio time, a true masterpiece was recorded. Unfortunately it wasn’t released entirely until the late 90s when Static Age was released as a standalone record. In in the …

So Far So good So What is Megadeth’s third album released in 1988 on Capital Records. The album features a cover of Anarchy In The UK by the Sex Pistols, while it isn’t my favorite as cover songs usually aren’t, it’s cool to see the band’s influences. The album …

I’ve liked a few tunes by Annie Lennox and the Eurythmics. I’m not overly fond of mellow music, especially by female singers. When my friend loaned me her Annie Lennox Medusa CD I didn’t jump at the opportunity to listen to it right away. In fact, it …

This is one of my favorite songs and when I hear it now I still sing to it because first, it doesn’t only have a great beat, but second, the meaning of the lyrics of this song is cute yet sincere and sweet at the same time. It is …

City Of Delusion is a track by Muse which appears on Black Holes And Revelation. Although I do not consider City Of Delusion to be quite as good as some of the other tracks on this record such as Take A Bow or Map Of The Problematique, I certainly …

Kelly Clarkson is a former American Idol who recently came out with an album entitled “All I Ever Wanted”. Overall, it is a pretty good album that has produced some solid hits that have been played on the radio a lot.
“All I Ever Wanted”, the song that the album …

From Here To Eternity is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their record Fear Of The Dark. The song opens up with a pretty catchy rhythm due to a nice guitar riff and a simple drum rhythm which continues for a while before a lead guitar part …

Black Hole Sun, do you know it? Of course you do! We all remember that song. 1995 Grammy winners for Best Hard Rock Performance, and Best Metal Peformance with their respective tunes Black Hole Sun and Spoonman, Soundgarden really announced to the world that they were here to say …

Apocalypse Please, the second track to appear on Muse’s record, Absolution, is the latest Muse song which I’ve currently found myself listening to over and over. I’m finding that with Muse I’m generally discovering one of their songs every few days which I simply can’t stop listening to, the …

Overview —“ Phantom Lord, the seventh track from Metallica’s debut record Kill —˜Em All, is what I believe is one of the tracks on Kill —˜Em All which really make it clear that Metallica had significant punk influence. Along with Motorbreath, although Phantom Lord is just such a better …

We Care is a song by MGMT, a modern psychedelic band hailing from Brooklyn, New York. We Care is the first “real” song on the album, since Come On Christmas came before it and that track is primarily just an opening for the album. The song opens up with …

The Documentary by The Game was one of the best Hip Hop cds that I have heard in a very long time, when it was released in 2005 people thought that it would not be any good but this was not the case at all. It included the singles …

I could have bought this Blur album as soon as it was released, when I was a teenager. I could have, but I didn’t. But one day I did not have much to do, and I decided to listen to some older Blur records, and I remembered that I …

Overview - Abbey Road, The Beatles’ penultimate effort, is a very nice collection and mix of tracks which compliment each other very nicely - particularly on the second half of the record where transitions from song to song just flow very well. Abbey Road has some of The Beatles’ …

Brave As A Noun is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad which appears on their record People That Can Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World. The band goes through the song quickly and keeps the structure very simple but Andrew Jackson Jihad definitely maintains their characteristic …

Why Jennifer Lopez has gone in producing this video with only her as the star, I do not know. What I can tell, is that she could have made more sales with this awesome track (as it really has some interesting new beats!) if she would have featured other …

The Best So Far CD of Anne Murray is a selection of twenty songs. I have this album for years now. The songs here are really great. Anne Murray is one of the finest voices I’ve ever heard actually. What I particularly like about Anne Murray’s tone is …

Let me go by three doors down is about how this guy tells this girl to let him go because he don’t know how to really love her. She is in his thoughts but he don’t know how to let her in. this song is a sad song in …

Miley Cyrus is just one of many Disney stars that everybody predicted would fade into the background. However, she has somehow managed to captivate a huge market of pre-teenagers who love her catchy pop songs as well as her character on the Hannah Montana show. I have to admit …

I purchased an MP3 download of Twila Paris’s Sing Me A Lullaby. I first heard this song in one Mother’s Day Presentation on TV. It was sang by Lea Salonga. No exaggeration but as I was listening I could not helped but be moved. The lyrics of the …

Through The Never, another one of the more aggressive songs on The Black Album, isn’t obviously as good as songs from the first four records, but nevertheless another pretty solid track, similar to Holier Than Thou in that respect. Although the vocal melody is pretty catchy on this track …

White Blank Page is a song by Mumford and Sons which appears on their debut album Sign No More. The track opens up with an acoustic guitar pattern which also has some nice bass fills throughout the intro as well before the vocals also join in the track. Following …

If you like a guitar instrumentals and also like a style of bluegrass type playing with a side of Metal. Then check out John 5 most particularly Sugarfoot Rag off his album Vertigo. Ive always thought John 5 was a strange guy with his make up and being a …

The Nomad is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their album Brave New World. Something great about Brave New World is that it is the first album with Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson back in the band after a disastrous period with Blaze Bayley, although this is …

I think that this is one of the more touching songs that Carrie Underwood has sang. And it speaks of a subject and experience that I hold very close to my heart. I have five brothers and sisters who were in foster care for some time and now that …

There is no doubt that Nidji is one of the most Famous bands in Indonesia and I believe, regarding that, Mira Lesmana (Producer of Laskar Pelangi) chose them to contribute one song for Laskar Pelangi (Rainbow Army), a movie based on best-seller book by Andrea Hirata about teachers who …